Week of February 9-13, 2015

Hello Room 4 Families,
We are getting ready for a very busy week in Room 4 with the 100th day of school, our field trip to see "The Artful Mouse", and our Valentine celebration.

Important Dates

Monday, February 9: NO SCHOOL; Lincoln's birthday holiday

Thursday, 2/12: the 100th day of school. The kids are super excited to celebrate the number 100 and everything they have learned so far this year! During the days leading up to this the kids will have an extra homework assignment: they will need to bring in a collection of 100 items. They can get as creative as they want with this! Some kids choose to do an art project with 100 pieces, and others prefer to round up a collection of something simple like pennies. Both of these are great. I shared lots of ideas with the kids, and several children have brought their collections in already!  On the 100th day they will share their collection.

THANK YOU to those parents who have been sending in food items for our 100th day trail mix. Please send these in no later than Wednesday so I can get everything ready early Thursday morning.
And another THANK YOU to those who have volunteered to help that day with our centers time. We are looking forward to having you in our classroom.

Friday, 2/13 : Field Trip to Luther Burbank High School for the Sacramento Childrens' Theater play. We will leave at 9:15 am and return around 11:30.  I hope everyone received the permission slips yesterday. Please send these back to school no later than Tuesday 2/10.

When we return from the play, we will have our Valentine celebration.
For Valentine's Day, kids can bring Valentine cards filled out with their names, but please don't put the recipients' names on each card. This creates chaos when passing them out!
For this celebration I'd love to have about 2 more parent helpers. Please let me know if you would like to come in from about 11:45-1:00pm.

The 13th is also a free dress spirit day. Kids can come in free dress as long as they wear red, pink, or white.

Later that evening is the PH PTO family dance. It's a very fun event, so plan on attending with your family! It's from 6-8 pm in the molti-purpose room (cafeteria).

Monday, 2/16: NO SCHOOL; Presidents' Day

Friday, 2/20-Friday, 2/27 Shortened days/ parent teacher conferences. Dismissal will be at 11:50 or 12:20 from the cafeteria.
I sent emails this week to everyone I would like to meet with during conferences. If you did not receive an email and you would like to meet please let me know. I am happy to meet with everyone!

Language Arts
Letter/sound focus: /l/, /n/.
We are continuing to work on putting sounds together to make words both orally and in written form. So many kids have become readers in the last month; it's wonderful to see!
In writing we are finishing up an informational paragraph on how to play a favorite sport.

Math
This week we will finish up our chapter on more addition and subtraction. We will also do a lot of work with the number 100. We have been practicing counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s, and we will group objects in 10s this week to make 100.

Thanks for reading, everyone!
Please let me know if you have any questions! carrie.relles@gmail.com